I need a good LGA 1151 gaming motherboard

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I prefer the Gigabyte boards over MSI in general. Others will say that MSI has had quality control issues as of late, but I haven't experienced that. Any maker can have a dud motherboard which is why it pays to read all the reviews you can find on the ones your interested in. Pick the one that has the features you're wanting.
 
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Just about any Z170 board can overclock the 6600k/6700k to 4.5 - 4.6 ghz. If you wanted to go for more aggressive overclocking, you should probably use a motherboard with more power phases like the Gaming 7. TechPowerUp reviewed and it did pretty well.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/gigabyte-z170x-gaming-3-motherboard-review.216427/
 
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see pcpartpicker for a list

ATX 1150: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=30&sort=d8&page=1&X=11441,15412&f=2

My top choice is the Asus Z170-A.

In general (but not always) i go in this order:
Asus,
Gigabyte,
Asrock or MSI

You do need to research each board, but professional reviews aren't useful for reliability since there's no statistics. Amazon is all screwed up as they mixup comments between similar items. Newegg and NCIX aren't too bad but make sure you use the same web site (don't compare Asus board on NCIX to different board on Newegg).

I've seen 4.5/5 scores on Newegg for a board that got 3.5/5 on NCIX even with 40+ comments each. So WTF is with that?
 
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Turns out I can up my budget to 200 for a mobo. I am deciding between Asus Z170 Pro Gaming and the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7.
Both are great but I'm bad at making decisions.
Thanks.
 
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What about the MSI Z170A GAMING M7? Is it comparable to this or better?
 
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I finished my build and got an Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO. I have no knowledge about the board you are talking about.
 
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It's very similar to the msi Tomahawk but with integrated wireless connectivity

 
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